Do it yourself mushrooms at home and in the garden

Growing Shii-take with Spawn Plugs

Spawn plugs are wooden pegs containing a cultivation of mushroom spawn. To grow the mushrooms, freshly cut logs of healthy poplar wood, willow or other deciduous trees are used. The growing technique is very simple, all you need to do is drill holes in each log and insert the spawn plugs using a ...

MUSHROOM SKEWERS

Wipe mushrooms without soaking them. Mince parsley and garlic. Clean tomatoes, dry and cut them into slices. In a soup plate, mix garlic, parsley, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and stir. Thread mushrooms and tomatoes alternatively onto pre-soaked wooden skewers. Brush vegetables with oil, and dip the skewers in breadcrumbs. Heat up a grill and broil skewers for about ten minutes, rolling them up often and wetting them with the remaining oil. Thread a basil leaf onto each skewer and ...

May I cultivate boletus?

This is one of the most common FAQs: may I cultivate boletus? As we reply in the negative, people normally react skeptically. For this reason, they subsequently wonder why other types of mushrooms can be cultivated while boletus not. Although we won't face the problem from a scientific point of view, it is necessary to make a premise. First of all, it is important to clarify that the so called “edible mushrooms” ( mushrooms we can eat ) are macroscopic mushrooms; it means ...

Giuseppe Lanzi